The Great Freight Recession has hampered the trucking industry over the last four years with reduced shipping demand, lower freight rates, and rising costs of labor, fuel, and insurance driven by inflation. And then, oil prices surged after the Iran conflict began in late February. Diesel hits $8 a gallon As a result of a […]
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Gold has become the most talked-about retirement asset of 2026, and the sales pitches are getting louder every week. Television ads, radio endorsements, and online campaigns promise you a safe harbor from inflation and stock market volatility. The message is simple, seductive, and designed to reach you at your most financially vulnerable moment. What those
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Starbucks has spent decades owning the morning. Now it wants the afternoon, too. The company launched its new Energy Refreshers in U.S. coffeehouses on April 7, a boosted version of its existing Refreshers line that adds extra caffeine from natural sources and B vitamins. The launch is part of a deliberate push by Starbucks to
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Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical giant, secured an important victory in the intensifying war against diabetes and obesity. Earlier this month, the drugmaker confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Foundayo (orforglipron), a once-daily oral GLP-1pill for chronic weight management in adults with obesity and overweight conditions. The approval, which came ahead
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Broadcom (AVGO) stock is up, trading 4.28% higher at $348.27 at the time of writing, Wednesday morning, April 8, according to Yahoo Finance. The company settled an important question for many investors, and they are reacting positively. The question is, how secure are Broadcom’s revenue streams? The company’s CEO, Hock Tan, previously addressed this question
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Apple’s stock had a turbulent April 7. It took two competing reports and most of a trading session to stabilize. Shares fell as much as 5% after Nikkei Asia reported engineering setbacks in the early test production phase of the company’s first foldable iPhone. Then Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the device remains on track
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After President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, there was a collective sigh of relief. World leaders praised the move. Global investors began to reposition, dumping oil and loading up on equities. And yet, barely 24 hours after that announcement, nothing has materially changed in the region. Perhaps the word
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Owning a house decorated just like a picture-perfect home in Architectural Digest is a dream for many. While some people are lucky and able to make that dream a reality, others spend their whole lives just imagining. The national homeownership rate for Q4 2025 was 65.7%, according to February data by the United States Census
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Gold has been having a moment. After rising more than 60% in 2025, its strongest annual performance since 1979 according to the World Gold Council, the metal is trading above $4,600 per ounce in April 2026, up roughly $1,600 from a year ago, according to Fortune. With inflation still running above the Federal Reserve’s target
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